PNY has unveiled its new consumer-oriented CS2030 series of NVMe SSDs, coming in capacities of up to 480GB and sequential performance of up to 2750MB/s.

According to provided details, the new PNY CS2030 SSDs will use Phison's PS5007 controller paired up with MLC NAND flash. As noted, the PNY SC2030 SSD series comes in M.2 2280 form-factor and uses PCI-Express 3.0 x4 interface with NVMe protocol.

Surprisingly, the PNY CS2030 series will only be available in 240GB and 480GB capacities, both offering a sequential performance of up to 2750MB/s for read and up to 1500MB/s for write with a 4K random performance of up to 210,000 IOPS for read and up to 215,000 IOPS for write.

The only drawback that it will be using a blue PCB, which might be a problem for those that like to match the color scheme of their system, since we haven't seen many blue PCB motherboards lately. At least, unless those M.2 SSD heatsinks become widely available on motherboards.

The PNY CS2030 series SSDs are backed by a three year warranty and come with a suggested retail price of US $179.99 for the 240GB version and US $329.99 for the 480GB one.

Super Talent has announced its newest Nova SSD lineup that will be available in capacities ranging from 120GB to 1920GB and PCIe 3.0 x4 U.2 interface.

Although we do not have any precise details regarding the actual controller behind the new Super Talent Nova SSD lineup, the company did say it is using MLC NAND. The rated sequential performance is set at up to 3.0GB/s for read and up to 2.2GB/s for write.

As noted, the Super Talent Nova PCIe U.2 SSD series will be available in 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB and 1920GB capacities, comes packed in a standard 2.5-inch 9.5mm-thick form-factor and uses U.2 (SFF-8539) connector with PCIe 3.0 x4 interface.

Since the specification list on Super Talent's site is rather uninformative, it also does not include the endurance rating either but we do now that it has a mean time between failure (MTBF) rating of 1 million hours, a standard in consumer SSDs.

When it finally becomes available on the market, which is yet another unknown, Super Talent's Nova PCIe U.2 SSD won't have a lot of competition, as currently, the most popular U.2 SSD is Intel's SSD 750 series which offers significantly lower sequential performance and ranges from around US $350 for the 400GB version and over US $1000 for the 1.2TB version.

Hopefully, we will get to see some real world performance numbers as well as see it on retail/e-tail shelves soon.

Corsair has launched its new Neturon XTi SSD lineup that will be based on Phison controller, MLC NAND and available in capacities of up to 1920GB.

As noted, Corsair's new Neutron XTi SSD series is based on a quad-core Phison controller, most likely a quad-core Phison S10 controller and uses Toshiba's 15nm MLC NAND. It will be available in 240, 480 and 960 GB capacities as well as a 1920 GB version which should be available in near future. It uses SATA 6Gbps interface and comes in a standard 2.5-inch form factor.

According to the specification list, the Phison controller and MLC NAND are enough to provide sequential performance of up to 560MB/s for read and up to 540MB/s for write, while random 4k performance peaks at up to 100,000 IOPS for read and up to 90,000 IOPS for write.

The rest of the specifications and features include End-to-End Data Path Protection (ETEP), Enhanced Error Correction with SmartECC and SmartRefresh features and Advanced Garbage Collection. The Corsair Neutron XTi SSD lineup is also compatible with Corsair SSD Toolbox.

According to Corsair, the new Neutron XTi SSD lineup should be available immediately with a price set at at US $89.99 for the 240GB, US $159.99 for the 480GB and US $239.99 for the 960GB version while the price or the availability date of the 1920GB version is still unknown.

Toshiba has launched its new OCZ RD400 SSD series which will be the first consumer NVMe/M.2 SSD that will ship in capacities reaching 1TB but also the first SSD launched in the new Toshiba - OCZ brand.

According to the provided specifications, the OCZ RD400 NVMe SSD reached sequential performance of up to 2,600MB/s for read and up to 1,600MB/s for write with random 4K read and write performance of up to 210,000 and 140,000 IOPS.

The Toshiba OCZ RD400 will be offered in two versions, as a stand-alone M.2 module or with a PCIe adapter card and be available in 128GB, 256GB, 512GB and 1024GB (1TB) capacities. The new OCZ RD400 has an endurance rating of up to 592 TBW (depending on the model) and is backed by a five-year warranty.

Although branded as a Toshiba SSD, the OCZ RD400 SSD will still be supported by both OCZ's SSD Utility Software and be a part of OCZ's Advanced Warranty.

The Toshiba OCZ RD400 SSD should be available soon with a price set at US $109.99 for the 128GB, US $169.99 for the 256GB, US $309.99 for the 512GB and US $739.99 for the 1024GB model. The models that come with a PCIe AIC will be around US $20 expensive.

After graphics cards and quite popular Zbox mini-PCs, Zotac is now venturing into SSD business as well with the launch of the new Premium Edition SSD series.

The new Zotac Premium Edition SSD series will be based on a standard 2.5-inch 7mm form-factor with SATA 6Gbps interface. As noted, the Zotac Premium Edition SSD will be only available in 240GB and 480GB capacities, at least for now.

Based on a Phison quad-core controller paired up with MLC NAND and up to 512MB DDR3 cache, the new Zotac Premium Edition SSD series will offer sequential performance of up to 520MB/s for read and up to 500MB/s for write.

With endurance rating of 4580TBW and up to 3,000 PE cycle, the new Zotac Premium Edition SSD Series will be backed by a three-year warranty.

Unfortunately, Zotac did not unveil any details regarding the price or the availability date but a quick check at our favorite price search enigne shows them listed with price starting at around €95 for the 240GB and around €190 for the 480GB version, with shipping date set for next month.

Kingston has announced several new solid state drives that will be a part of its HyperX lineup, as the Savage SSD series.

To be available in 120, 240, 480 and 960GB capacities, the new Kingston HyperX Savage SSD series is based on a quad-core, eight-channel Phison S10 controller paired up with Toshiba's 19nm MLC NAND. The new HyperX Savage SSD series will be the fastest SATA-based SSD series in Kingston's HyperX lineup and will replace the HyperX 3K SSD lineup.

With the quad-channel Phison S10 controller, the HyperX Savage SSD series will offer sequential transfer speeds of up to 560MB/s for read and up to 530MB/s for write while random 4K performance is set at up to 100,000 IOPS for read and up to 89,000 IOPS for write.

The HyperX Savage is based on SATA 6Gbps interface and a standard 2.5-inch 7mm form-factor. Like other Kingston SSDs, the HyperX Savage will also be available as a stand-alone SSD or with an upgrade bundle kit that includes a 2.5-inch USB 3.0 enclosure, 3.5-inch bracket and mounting screws, SATA cable, hard drive cloning software, screwdriver and a 7mm to 9.5mm adapter.

While Kingston did not reveal any details regarding precise availabilty date or the price a quick check shows it listed for pre-order in retail/e-tail with a price set at €85 for the 128GB model, 135€ for the 240GB one, 265€ for 480GB and 660€ for the 960GB model.

OCZ has officially announced its newest addition to the Vector SSD lineup, the Vector 180 SSD, as well as new OCZ Guru storage management software.

Spotted back at Computex 2014 in June, OCZ has now officially announced its latest Vector 180 SSD based on its in-house Barefoot 3 controller, paired up with Toshiba A19nm MLC NAND flash in a standard 2.5-inch 7mm thick form factor. To be available in 120, 240, 480 and 960GB capacities, the new Vector 180 SSD lineup will offer sequential transfer speeds of up to 550MB/s and random 4K performance of up to 100,000 IOPS, depending on the capacity.

The rest of the features and specifications include MTBF of 2.3 million hours, AES-256 encryption, SMART and TRIM support and an endurance rating of 50GB/s of host writes. The new Vector 180 SSD series will be bundled with Acronis True Image drive cloning software and 3.5-inch desktop adapter bracket and is backed by OCZ's 5-year ShieldPlus warranty.

In addition to the Vector 180 SSD series, OCZ has also launched its new SSD Guru software tool with sevelar integrated modules, including an overview dashboard, SSD Tuner, and OS Tuner, which provide control of maintenance, monitoring, SSD tuning, OS optimization and more via GUI interface. The new OCZ SSD Guru software is currently available for download over at OCZ's site.

OCZ's Vector 180 SSD lineup should be available on retail/e-tail shelves soon with a suggested retail price set at US $90 for the 120GB version, $150 for the 240GB one, $275 for the 480GB version and US $500 for the 960GB model.

OCZ Storage Solutions, which is now a Toshiba Group Company, has now unveiled and announced availability of its new Vertex 460A SATA III SSD.

Based pretty much on the same design as the Vertex 460, and offering same features and performance, the new Vertex 460A uses the same Barefoot M15 controller 3 M10 controller but replaces the 19nm MLC NAND with new Toshiba A19 MLC NAND.

According to OCZ, despite the change in used NAND, the new Vertex 460A will offer the same performance as the Vertex 460 SSD with maximum read and write performance of up to 545MB/s and 525MB/s and random I/O read and write performance of up to 95k and 90k IOPS. The new Vertex 460A will also be available in 120, 240 and 480GB capacities and is rated to deliver 20GB of host writes per day. It will also feature OCZ's new 3-year ShieldPlus warranty.

According to OCZ, the new Vertex 460A will be available on the market soon with pretty much the same price as the Vertex 460 SSD series.

Micron Technology has announced that it is now sampling the next-generation 16nm process technology. The new 16nm technology enabled them to bring the industry's smallest 128Gb multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory.

The new Micron 16nm 128Gb MLC NAND flash memory provides the greatest number of bits per square millimeter, lowest cost of any MLC device today and ability to create nearly 6TB of storage on a single wafer. According to Micron, the 16nm node is not only the leading flash process but also the most advanced processing node up to date. The new 128Gb MLC NAND flash memory targets consumer SSDs, removable storage such as USB drives and flash cards, data center cloud storage as well as tablets, ultrathin devices and mobile handsets.

Micron is currently sampling 16nm 128Gb MLC NAND to select partners and plans to achieve full production in Q4 2013. Micron also announced that a new line of SSDs based on 16nm 128Gb MLC chips is expected to ship in 2014.

OCZ has finally released its newest Vector Series of solid state drives, based on Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller, rather than the now standard Sandforce controller.

Available in 128, 256 and 512GB capacities and standard 2.5-inch, 7mm ultra-slim form factor, the new Vector SSD Series uses the Indilinx Barefoot 3 controller paired up with MLC NAND chips and SATA 6Gbps interface. OCZ decided that the new Vector Series is quite good enough to be called "a groundbreaker" in performance, reliability, efficiency and endurance.

With up to 95k IOPS in random 4k read and up to 100k IOPS in random 4k write it certainly has enough punch to be quite a performance groundbreaker. The 128GB version can deliver 550MB/s sequential read and 400MB/s sequential write performance, as well as 90k IOPS of 4k random write and 95k of 4k random read performance.

The 256GB and 512GB versions both feature the same 550MB/s of sequential read and up to 530MB/s of sequential write performance with aforementioned 100k/95k IOPS random write and read performance.

The new Vector Series SSDs also come with TRIM and Idle Time Garbage Collection performance optimizations and are bundled with Acronis cloning software registration key and 3.5-inch desktop adapter.

Although the official price has not been announced a quick check at our favorite price search engine shows that it sells for around €150 for the 128GB one, around €270 for the 256GB version and around €500 for the 512GB version. In case you are coming from the USA, Newegg.com currently lists it at US $159.99, $289.99 and $569.99 with free shipping for all three models.

All we need now are some reviews to see how well does it actually perform against the Sandforce-based competition.